1. Safeguarding Children In The Emergency Department
... notes and health visitor/school nurses should be informed where applicable. (NMC 2008) Every member of staff in an emergency department staff has the responsibility for ensuring that children are protected. It is important for all staff to recognize the roles and responsibilities of colleagues in child protection, but this does not absolve them of responsibility or accountability in reporting or acting on ... with children have to keep them safe. This safeguarding legislation is set out in The Children Act (1989) and (2004). It also features in the United Nations Convention on the Rights ...
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